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post," that amy goodman is the journalist as an invited guest. why the like that? >> guest: we are not supposed to be a party to any party. we are journalists. we -- there is a reason why -- reaped -- reason why our profession is the only one explicitly protected by the constitution. reassembles to be its second balance on power. >> host: in that book also, that is the role of the media in a democratic society. provide a forum for this discourse. to do anything less is a disservice to the servicemen and service women of this country. >> guest: i just flew in from denver beat. we flew into the airport, a denver -- had been brought up that is where people hold up signs and i was literally walking. there were some soldiers there. when we walked by they were waiting. i thought maybe it general was behind me because they have a sign for the general. and it did not look that way. went to baggage. you know what, i'm going to go back and talk to them. we went back. do you watch democracy now? and visit every day. really? why? put is objective and you cov
post," that amy goodman is the journalist as an invited guest. why the like that? >> guest: we are not supposed to be a party to any party. we are journalists. we -- there is a reason why -- reaped -- reason why our profession is the only one explicitly protected by the constitution. reassembles to be its second balance on power. >> host: in that book also, that is the role of the media in a democratic society. provide a forum for this discourse. to do anything less is a...
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. >> up next, author and journalist amy goodman. the most executive producer of international radio program democracy now, talks about war, politics, and grassroots activism. "the new york times" best selling author has written or cowritten five books, including "the exception to the rulers, standing up to the madness, and the silenced majority. >> host: amy goodman in your first book in the exception to the rulers, you write that amy goodman is the journalist as uninvited guest. >> guest: we're not supposed to be a part to any party. we are journalists. there's a reason why our profession, journalism, is the only one explicitly protected by the u.s. constitution. we're post to be the check and balance on power. >> host: in that book also, war and peace, life and death, that is the role of the media in a democratic society to provide a forum for this discourse to do anything less is a disservice to the servicemen and service wal-mart of this country. >> guest: that's right. i have just glen in from denver, where i was at the nationa
. >> up next, author and journalist amy goodman. the most executive producer of international radio program democracy now, talks about war, politics, and grassroots activism. "the new york times" best selling author has written or cowritten five books, including "the exception to the rulers, standing up to the madness, and the silenced majority. >> host: amy goodman in your first book in the exception to the rulers, you write that amy goodman is the journalist as...
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let's hear from amy goodman. thanks for calling in. >> guest: well, i don't know enough about the haarp project. i know it involves manipulation of weather, and you're -- this is something i'll look into. >> host: but ron pinchback? >> guest: he was the former manager of wpfw. democracy now was on the station before ron was general manager, but i haven't spoken to him recently. but if he's watching, hi, ron. [laughter] >> host: jeff is in long beach, california. jeff, please go ahead. >> caller: hi, amy. >> guest: hi. >> caller: hi. i've listened to democracy now for several years now, i'm a big admirerrer of your work. i just have three questions for you. first, you know, i often tell by friends and coworkers about democracy now, and i've repeatedly gotten or heard the same thing from people who consider themselves to be progressive and that is they're concerned democracy now is leftist and has an agenda, and i assume you've encountered this as well, and i wonder how you responded to it and how i could do the sa
let's hear from amy goodman. thanks for calling in. >> guest: well, i don't know enough about the haarp project. i know it involves manipulation of weather, and you're -- this is something i'll look into. >> host: but ron pinchback? >> guest: he was the former manager of wpfw. democracy now was on the station before ron was general manager, but i haven't spoken to him recently. but if he's watching, hi, ron. [laughter] >> host: jeff is in long beach, california. jeff,...
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. >> author, host, and executive producer of democracy now, amy goodman taking your calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets. three hours live sunday at noon astern on book tv. >> where is the predictability in judge bork? what are the assurances that this committee and the senate has as to where you'll be given the background and the history? >> as a teenager and into my early 20s i was a socialist hardly seems to me to indicate fundamental instability. because as winston churchill i think it was said any man who is not a socialist before he is 40 has no heart. any man who is a socialist after he's 40 has no head. and i think that kind of evolution is very common in people. >> those two characters that you saw, one was the einstein of the law, and the other as i call him the einstein of the senate. you had two trains passing in the night. specter was one of the toughest, hardest senators to lobby on anything let alone supreme court nominees. he did his homework. he studied. bork, on the other hand, was a brilliant -- he was smarter than rehnquist in a lot of ways. a brilliant judge and
. >> author, host, and executive producer of democracy now, amy goodman taking your calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets. three hours live sunday at noon astern on book tv. >> where is the predictability in judge bork? what are the assurances that this committee and the senate has as to where you'll be given the background and the history? >> as a teenager and into my early 20s i was a socialist hardly seems to me to indicate fundamental instability. because as winston...
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. >> author and executive user of democracy now, amy goodman, taking your calls and e-mails and tweets, three hours live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span two. >> citigroup chairman michael o'neill said some of his top concerns include gridlock in washington, the european economy and cybersecurity. the can at the annual export bank conference in washington, annual speaking at the export bank conference in washington, d.c. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome [indiscernible] [applause] >> i can get used to this, you know? thank you for joining us this morning. i learned a lot yesterday. i learned about latin america, mexico. regions for strong growth. one of the big innovations we might have with the data and how that might affect marketing decisions and how it can make better decisions on how to target efforts. i heard from a small business panel talking about the importance of social media, twitter, things like that. the twitter feed and qr -- you have a smart phone. i hope you will download the program. we will do all of our surveys online. that
. >> author and executive user of democracy now, amy goodman, taking your calls and e-mails and tweets, three hours live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span two. >> citigroup chairman michael o'neill said some of his top concerns include gridlock in washington, the european economy and cybersecurity. the can at the annual export bank conference in washington, annual speaking at the export bank conference in washington, d.c. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and...